The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-08

through their skins is the result of careful
feeding. Corn-meal and Oil-meal are ex-
cellent for this purpose. making the coat
glossy and giving the skin a velvety soft
ness indicative of thrift. But where ami
mails are very poor their digestion is weak
ened, and strong or oily food must be given
with great care. A spoonful OF hnseed
meal mixed with bran is enough to begin
with. This, if digested, is better than
more, which would only clog the stomach
and make the coat more rough and starry
than before. 1t is a good plan to give all
young calves little linseed meal. 1t pro-
notes thrift ana makes growth as well as
fat. 1t is not safe to give cotton-seed meal
to calves or any young stock, as they are
liable to be killed by overlooking with it.
1t iscurious how little attention is given
to the cultivation of those garden crops
that require little care, andssyet that are so
much appreciated when brought upon the
table. Spinach is one of these crops. It
is found in but comparatively few gardens,
and yet is easily grown and is very relisha-
BILE. 1t might have been sown last autumn,
and il lightly mulched would have been ali
right. Now it may be soWn in the spring
as soon as the ground is fit, aud two weeks
from the firstlsOwiDg there may be second.
There are two varieties, the prickly seeded
and the round, the latter being the best.
1t requires bat small bed to supply q
family with all the greens needed.
To lime eggs make pickle of strictly
pure stone lime, clean salt and pure water
in the following proportions: Two quarts
of salt, one bushel of lime and sixty gal
| Ions OF water. The lime is carefully
Stacked with part of the water. and the
salt and remaining water after ward added,
when the mass is left to deposit the lime
until the solution becomes clear. a com
mon practice is to draw of the solution at
! this stage into a cask or vat in which it is
designed to preserve the eggs. The eggs
may be placed in the pickle by means of
/ tin basin punched full OF holes. When
the vat or cask is nearly full, cover over
with factory cloth and spread on two or
! three inches of the lime that settles in
making the pickle, and see to it that the
pickle is kept continually up over the
| lime.
The extraordinary increase in the use of
potatoes as food which has occurred within
the last thirty years is not altogether due
to changes in popular taste. We like
| potatoes better, it is true, but it is chiefly
because they are better. The improve
ments in quality began with the Goodrich
seedlings, whose mildness of flavor COM
mended them 10 many who hsd never been
able to like the coarse, strong favored varie-
ties which preceded them. A potato cook.
ing CRY and mesly is, of course, now the
kind required by the best standard of ex-
cellence, thoagh some old people learned
in their youth TO like the ranker tasting
kinds and still prefer them. Those who
like a soggy, coarse potato can have it in
any ofthe finest varieties by leaving its top
TO be I'M ured by the potato bug, or other
wise. Occasionally we hear such persons
praising the coarsest growing varieties as
most in accordance with their depraved
taste, but such people are growing fewer
every year.
Grass for spring and summer pigs fur
nishea the cheapest and most wholesome OF
foods, but needs to be supplemented by the
use of milk. grain, etc, to both the mother
and pigs. Hogs will eat nearly all kinds OF
grasses, and derive much nourishment
from them. Red clover, however, ranks
highest of the permanent pasture plants as
food for hogs, but a mixed pasture is
best, as they relish nearly all kinds and
in the mixed pasture there is more con-
tinuous supply of green, succulent food.
Other green fodder crops can often be used
for the young hogs aud their mothers
Where there is much danger of drought, ii
is often matter of economy to have small
patches of oats. peas and extra early corn
to feed in the dryest part OF summer, when
the pastures do not furnish much food.
To get good crops of vegetables requires
in the first place a rich soil. But thi:
alone will not secure the result. Not q
weed should be allowed to show its head
many days before the hoe is at work to ex.
terminate them. The best of land can not
bring forth at the same time a good crop
OF weeds and cultivated plants. The till.
age, however, with the hoe, besides de-
stroying the weeds. is beneficial to the croI
in aerating the soil. Any land constantly
stirred On the surface withstands drought
better than such as is allowed to bake in the
hard crust. Dews are also absorbed by
friable soil. Hence, hoe, hoe, should bt
the order of the day while the crop i!
young. As the crop approaches maturity
this stirring is not of such Importance, in,
deed very often not desirable, though
weeds should be excluded at all times
Allow none to seed for next years crop.